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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 479 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 479 Observed fall: No Year found: 2000 Country: Morocco Mass:  156 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (basalt). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Northwest Africa 479 Possibly Khter n'Aït Khebbach, Morocco Found 2000 November Lunar meteorite (mare basalt) A 156 g stone was collected in Morocco in the area of Khter n'Aït Khebbach, however, the exact location is unknown. Classification and mineralogy (J-A. Barrat, UAng; A. Jambon, UPVI; Violaine Sautter, MNHNP; Ph. Gillet, ENSL): consists of phenocrysts of olivine, pyroxene and chromite in a groundmass of pyroxene and calcic plagioclase; texture closely resembles that of NWA 032; mineral compositions are identical to those reported for NWA 032 (see MetBull 84). Specimens: main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen, 8 g and 1 thin section, ENSL; 3.6 g, NHMV. | ||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB85 Table 4 Line 129: |
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| Institutions and collections |
ENSL: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, 46 allée d'Italie 69364 Lyon Cedex, France (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011) MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address) NHMV: Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria, Austria; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2019) UPVI: Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI),Case 110, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France (institutional address; updated 5 Oct 2014) UAng: Université d'Angers, Faculté des Sciences, 2 bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites from Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco This is 1 of 2163 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 32 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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